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James Valley plain. This channel begins south of Verdon, .
near the eastern edge of the plain. It broadens northwest of
Conde, but does not have continuol?s well-defined banks north
of Turton. The stream joins James i~iver about 6 miles below
F rankfort. It differs from most other small creeks in the James
River valley because of its larger amount of water and therefore
its · more vigorous action. Although its upper course is marshy
ai.1d shows little sand , and gra ,-el, its lower course is deeply
eroded, rivaling the trough of James River in this respect.
.1\Ioreover, it has cut through the lake deposits to the underlying
till, so that its lower comse is very stony. The great number
of trees along the stream account for its name.
Foster Creek is a running strearn which drains the south­eastern
part of the Byron quadrangle, including the Byron
Lake basin, and flows into James River.
Shue Creek is an intermittent watercourse draining the
extreme southeast corner of the Byron qundrangle.
OVERFLOW DRAINAGE.
Parts of the old channels are often reoccupied by drainage in
times of flood. Pearl Creek, in the Redfield quadrangle, is
connected with a small tributary of Turtle Creek in sec. 31,
Gilbert Township, by a shallow, Yery winding chnnnel that
begins 3 or 4 feet above the bottom of the regulur channel of
Pearl Creek and makes its way across the plain toward Turtle
Creek. A char~nel connects Dove Creek and .Medicine Creek
north of Bald Mountain, but no clear evidence of recent
drainage between the two has been noticed. There has been
drainage at no very distant clay between Medicine Creek and
its northern branch southwest of Rockham, and possibly south­west
of Miranda. Ordinarily Cottonwood Lake holds all the
wa ter that is collected by Medicine Creek, but occasionally, as
in 1897, the lake overflows at its north end through a well­defined
channel which skirts the west, north, and northeast
sides of Bald Mountain and joins Turtle Creek in sec. 26,
Exline Township. Little or no water runs in this outlet
except in eHly spring or afler severe rains, and there are but

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James Valley plain. This channel begins south of Verdon, .
near the eastern edge of the plain. It broadens northwest of
Conde, but does not have continuol?s well-defined banks north
of Turton. The stream joins James i~iver about 6 miles below
F rankfort. It differs from most other small creeks in the James
River valley because of its larger amount of water and therefore
its · more vigorous action. Although its upper course is marshy
ai.1d shows little sand , and gra ,-el, its lower course is deeply
eroded, rivaling the trough of James River in this respect.
.1\Ioreover, it has cut through the lake deposits to the underlying
till, so that its lower comse is very stony. The great number
of trees along the stream account for its name.
Foster Creek is a running strearn which drains the south­eastern
part of the Byron quadrangle, including the Byron
Lake basin, and flows into James River.
Shue Creek is an intermittent watercourse draining the
extreme southeast corner of the Byron qundrangle.
OVERFLOW DRAINAGE.
Parts of the old channels are often reoccupied by drainage in
times of flood. Pearl Creek, in the Redfield quadrangle, is
connected with a small tributary of Turtle Creek in sec. 31,
Gilbert Township, by a shallow, Yery winding chnnnel that
begins 3 or 4 feet above the bottom of the regulur channel of
Pearl Creek and makes its way across the plain toward Turtle
Creek. A char~nel connects Dove Creek and .Medicine Creek
north of Bald Mountain, but no clear evidence of recent
drainage between the two has been noticed. There has been
drainage at no very distant clay between Medicine Creek and
its northern branch southwest of Rockham, and possibly south­west
of Miranda. Ordinarily Cottonwood Lake holds all the
wa ter that is collected by Medicine Creek, but occasionally, as
in 1897, the lake overflows at its north end through a well­defined
channel which skirts the west, north, and northeast
sides of Bald Mountain and joins Turtle Creek in sec. 26,
Exline Township. Little or no water runs in this outlet
except in eHly spring or afler severe rains, and there are but